Intro: E5 F5 F#5 E5 A5 E5 Once a world, endless and free E5 E5 Horizons unbroken E5 A5 E5 Now a world of bounded frontiers E5 E5 E5 A5 B5 E5 The elders have spoken (our home) Once a world, eternal and blue Floating, escaping Now a world that's blinding my view Shadows shaping (alone) [Chorus:] E5 A5 B5 Liquid eternity courses through our veins E5 A5 B5 Liquid eternity nourishes our brains E5 A5 B5 Liquid eternity, a world that does not live E5 A5 B5 Liquid eternity, a life that does not give Once a world of fear and dismay Of fleeing and hiding Now a world that's peaceful and safe So caring and providing, our home... [Chorus] C5 Ab5 F5 Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? C5 Ab5 F5 Would you prefer to be impaired or even dead? C5 Ab5 F5 Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? C5 Ab5 Ab5 G5 F5 Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead? E5 Flute Solo: repeat E5 E5 C5 B5 x4 (skip last B5 and go directly to B5 for synth) Synth Solo: B5 F#5 B5 F#5 G5 B5 G5 C#5 B5 Violin Solo: repeat E5 E5 C5 B5 x4 B5 A5 Ab5 F#5 I'm losing my reason to live D5 C#5 B5 E5 F#5 The essence of life E5 F#5 G5 C#5 D5 B5 But the system's got so much to give E5 F#5 G5 D5 F#5 Or would you rather die? I'm losing my pride and my joy My will to believe Why would you come back and destroy all We have achieved? [Chorus] Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? Would you prefer to be impaired or even dead? Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead? [Chorus] Would you prefer the pain and suffering we had? Would you prefer to be in peril, even dead? Would you prefer to live the life we've learned to dread? Would you prefer to live a mortal life instead?